The backdrop of terminal illness and loss adds even more poignancy to the story, and there are some beautifully-written, moving interactions between Rosalind and her brother that made me both laugh and cry. Rosalind is a character who has so much on her plate and I defy anyone not to warm to her immediately. It explores the issues of bullying, bereavement and friendship and also, importantly, highlights the potential unintended consequences of using the anonymity afforded by the internet to speak out. This is a powerful and, at times, emotional read about finding your voice.

The blog quickly takes off, with other bullied children garnering strength from her posts and starting to fight back, but soon its success takes an unintended turn for the worst… With no friends, a terminally ill younger brother and parents under significant stress whom she doesn’t want to burden further, she starts a blog as an alternative way of speaking out against the bullying behaviour. On moving to a secondary school where she doesn’t know anyone, she becomes an instant target for the school bullies.

Rosalind, the lead character of Being Miss Nobody, has selective mutism. I hope you’re all enjoying the Summer holidays! I’ve not had much time for reading recently, but I came across this on my reading list which I’d completely forgotten about, and thus I decided that I really needed to turn my attention to it…

Tamsin winter being miss nobody